World: AN EFFICIENT SLAUGHTER

The Communists executed hundreds of civilians during their Tet
offensive, but the slaughter was particularly marked in and around Hue,
where estimates of those put to death range from 200 to 400. British
Journalist Stewart Harris, who opposes U.S. policy in Viet Nam and
declares . that "my instinct is not to sustain it by writing
propaganda," recently visited Hue and vicinity to investigate the
executions. Last week he reported his findings in the Times of London:

THE North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong executed many Vietnamese,
some Americans and a few other foreigners during the fighting in and
around...